Combined bench stop and dog



G. 0. PARMELEE.

COMBINED BENCH STOP AND DOG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY II, 1916.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

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COMBINED BENCH STOP AND DOG.

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Au 15, 1916.

Application filed May 17, 1916. Serial No. 98,085.

T 0 all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. PARMELEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at IVakefield, in the county of Gogebic and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined BenchStops and Dogs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to appliances for carpenters benches, and hasparticular reference to a combined bench dog and stop.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a bench appliancewhich may be employed by carpenters, not only upon the permanent benchesin shops, but may be advantageously used by workmen on housebuildingjobs or repair jobs, where, at best only temporary benches are used orwhere a small plank or board may be employed as a base for supportingboards to be planed, grooved, or otherwise operated upon.

More particularly, my invention has for its object to provide a devicewhich is a combination of a bench dog and stop, so that it is adapted tobe used in various combinations,either singly, in pairs, or incombination with a bench stop of automatic type.

\Vith the above purposes in view, and such others as will hereinafterappear, my invention will now be set forth and described, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

In said drawingsz--Figure 1 is a plan view of one of the devicesembodying my invcntion, showing it in use, Fig. 2 is a front elevation,Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 4: is a plan view, showing anotherapplication of my device.

Referring more particularly to said drawings, 1 denotes a metallic bodywhose opposite ends are extended into tapering arms 2. The ends of saidarms are provided with downwardly extending feet 3, whose free ends arebladed with suflicient edge to permit them to be driven into a bench topor a plank. Extending from one side of the body 1 is an enlongated leverarm 4, said arm 4 being of considerably greater length than the body 1and terminating at its outer extremity in a dog head 5, which extends atright angles to the lever arm 1 and is ta pered to provide a cuttingedge which will bite into the end of a board or plank. The arm 4 extendsfrom the body 1 in a horizon tal plane which is common to the latter, sothat it is spaced from the surface upon which the dog is used when thefeet 3 are driven straight into the bench surface.

From the above it will be evident that when the widely separated feet 3are driven. into the plank surface, and the dog head 5 is engaged withthe end of a board, which is suitably braced at its opposite ends, asagainst a bench stop or another of the devices above described, theboard will be firmly braced against lateral or longitudinal movementWhile the board is being operated upon.

On the side opposite the levervarm 4, the body is provided with aplurality of teeth 6 of the form usually employed in bench stops. Saidteeth extend along the entire side of the body 1 and do not project farbeyond the longitudinal axis of the body 1 drawn through the arms 2.When the device is driven into a bench surface with the teeth 6 oppositethe end of the board which is to be worked, the combinedsupport'afforded by the grip of the feet 3 in the bench surface and thebearing of the dog head 5 at the extremity of the lever arm 1 upon thebench, provides a firm and positive stop to any longitudinal movement ofthe board relative to the bench under severe usage.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by my improvedconstruction, I have provided a simple tool which combines all theadvantages of the ordinary bench dog and bench stop, and that the samemay be used in various combinations, either in pairs, or in combinationwith the ordinary bench stops, and that the device may be used singly,either as dogs or stop's.

What I claim as my invention is A combination bench stop and dogconsisting of a body, arms extending from the opposite ends of saidbodyand terminating in feet for engaging a Working surface, a lever armalso extending from said body and terminating in a right angularprojected dog head for engaging apiece of work, said feet and said doghead providing widely separated triangularly arranged points ofengagement, and a set of stop teeth formed In testimony whereof I afiixmy signaupon the side of said body opposite said leture, in the presenceof two Witnesses.

V61 arm whereby said dog head may coop- GEORGE O. PARMELEE. erate Withsaid feet to brace said body When Vitnesses:

5 said stop teeth are engaged by a piece of ANDREW F. OLsoN,

Work. J OSEPH KOLAR.

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